Assessing resilience across cultures using mixed methods: Construction of the Child and youth resilience measure

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-149

  Ungar, Michael ^a   Liebenberg, Linda ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child and Youth Resilience Measure; cross cultural collaboration; mixed methods instrument development; multisite research; resilience; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955812846     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689811400607     Document Type: Article

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